Psalms 106:20

20 They exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull, which eats grass.

Psalms 106:20 in Other Translations

KJV
20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
ESV
20 They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
NLT
20 They traded their glorious God for a statue of a grass-eating bull.
MSG
20 They traded the Glory for a cheap piece of sculpture - a grass-chewing bull!
CSB
20 They exchanged their glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

Psalms 106:20 In-Context

18 Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.
19 At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
20 They exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
21 They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
22 miracles in the land of Ham and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Jeremiah 2:11; Romans 1:23
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